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‘Tender, humorous and moving’ COSMOPOLITAN

‘Visceral, wild, and so beautifully necessary.’ SALMA EL-WARDANY, author of THESE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS

‘Radojevic’s stories and fragments are so sharp-edged they could draw blood. Fierce, funny and angry.’ CATHERINE MAYER, author TIME/LIFE

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Across thirty striking tales, Monika Radojevic weaves together the surreal with the everyday, confronting the experiences of contemporary womanhood with a tender ferocity shot through with humour.

A woman walks into a bar, and nobody notices. A newly married couple are punished for their childlessness with an unsettling nocturnal invasion. A girl trades her vocal cords for a chance at freedom. A door-to-door salesperson offers the antidote to women’s fear – but it comes at a high price.

Bubbling with an urgent rage that occasionally tips over into vengeance, Radojevic deftly charts the moments that make a life: from the warmth of first love to the recognition of anger, and the possibilities that take shape as we find or lose our ability to speak. A Beautiful Lack of Consequence explores the ways in which the world bends and breaks women with the pressure it puts on them – and what happens when those women snap back.

Moving and irreverent, dark and otherworldly, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence is a blazing debut collection from the winner of the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize.

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‘Thoughtful, introspective and darkly funny’ READER REVIEW

‘So beautiful and raw’ READER REVIEW

‘Biting . . . a must read!’ READER REVIEW

Publisher Review

Visceral, wild, and so beautifully necessary. — Salma El-Wardany, author of These Impossible Things Radojevic’s stories and fragments are so sharp-edged they could draw blood. Fierce, funny and angry. — Catherine Mayer, author of Time/Life Tender, humorous and moving * Cosmopolitan * Fuelled by rage, these fiery, staunchly women-centred stories are frighteningly real, but given a surreal slant that makes them all the more memorable * Daily Mail * Radojevic’s writing is lyrical and imaginative, and is often written in the second person, pulling the reader into the stories, which – in some of the heavier-themed pieces – makes for breathless reading . . . Read it and be angry * Mslexia * Praise for Monika Radjoevic * – * Courageous, arresting * Independent * Powerful * Stylist * Radojevic’s interrogation of the status quo . . . is not just interesting, it is agitating. * Bad Form * Radojevic writes with an uncompromising fierceness, provocation and dedication to the physical body which acts as her most authentic, intuitive medium of expression. She offers with this collection a vital contribution to literature at a time when women’s voices urgently need to be heard. * HUCK *